Detection of Spiroplasma from the mite Macrocheles sp. (Acari; Macrochelidae) ectoparasitic to the fly Drosophila hydei (Diptera; Drosophilidae): A possible route of horizontal transmission?

Symbiosis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-84

  Osaka, Ryu ^a   Watada, Masayoshi ^b   Kageyama, Daisuke ^c   Nomura, Masashi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila hydei; Ectoparasite; Endosymbiont; Macrocheles; Spiroplasma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISPERSAL; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACARI; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA HYDEI; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; MACROCHELES; MACROCHELIDAE; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA POULSONII; SPIROPLASMA SP.;

EID: 84879141661     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: 18787665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-013-0241-3     Document Type: Article

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